Uncoloured and uncut printed paper gores for the 'New Celestial Globe' (6-inch?), by Bale and Woodward, England, 1851-1900.

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When astrolabes make half a page on The Times The Times and The Sunday Times Cambridge University Cambridge History #astrolabe #histsci #histastro

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19th-century trailblazers Annie Maunder and Alice Everett finally earn due recognition for decades of largely unattributed work

📖 Article here: theguardian.com/science/2023/s…

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#OnThisDay in 1738, William Herschel was born!

Herschel was a musician and astronomer, best known for discovering Uranus.

He made this telescope for King George III after being made the King's private astronomer.

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Una hermosa pintura. Planetario Medellín #Copernicus #astronomy History of Astronomy

Compartiendo y aprendiendo de esta hermosa relación. Planetario Medellín #astronomia #arte History of Astronomy IAU Office of Astronomy for Education

So, apparently my little astrolabe discovery was on the first page of the New York Times yesterday…
The New York Times Cambridge University Cambridge History #astrolabe #histsci #histastro

A #Romanian #calendar from 1921 depicting main feasts and customs. Many change their dates every year and reflect the heterogeneity of #time itself (moving stars, days, weeks, solstices, equinoxes). Journal of Skyscape Archaeology History of Astronomy #starscapeexperiences #losttalesofeurope

Making scientific instruments is often a team effort.

This stunning #astrolabe was 'Made by Muhammad Tahir' & 'Designed by `Abd al-A'imma'.

Though both names are engraved on the back, they didn't add a date. We think it was made c. 1710 in Isfahan (modern-day Iran).

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Ever wondered how aspiring maths teachers earned a living in 1500s CE Germany?

Here's a clue from Christian Heiden, who made this quadrant in 1553, 3 years before moving to Nuremberg to teach.

On the back he's included a sophisticated Regiomontanus #sundial .

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Large-scale model/orrery of the solar system according to astronomical research current in the 1820s; it was designed and made as a low-tech version for use in academic settings by Joseph C. Hart in New York, NY, 1824 Winterthur Museum museumcollection.winterthur.org/single-record.…

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Here's Dr Taha Yasin Arslan making an astrolabe in our Astrolabes Live! workshop.

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Is this complex brass instrument(between the mariner's astrolabe and the quadrant) realistic?
James Hyslop History of Astronomy Seb Falk Thony Christie (he/his/him)

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#OnThisDay in 1959, Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 was launched.

Luna was the first mission to photograph the far side of the #Moon , making globes like this possible. However, it couldn't photograph it all, so there are still sections missing from the globe!

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Question for any early modernists/historians of #astronomy in the audience: Would you be willing to help a grad student interpret this diagram from Christoph Scheiner's Rosa Ursina? What are we looking at here?

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